Coronavirus

[Thala Dan]

A look at the lighter side.

Geez, Tiny….that’s a really funny article.

I didn’t realise that the Canadian Ministry of Truth had a media outlet like that…….sort of a Canadian equivalent to the Beetoota Advocate.

That’s one sure way to put paid to any irritating or embarrassing argument…..it’s called “ab absurdo” :

Appeal to ridicule (also called appeal to mockery, ab absurdo, or the horse laugh) is an informal fallacy which presents an opponent's argument as absurd, ridiculous, or humorous, and therefore not worthy of serious consideration.

I see also that the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has backed away from its original story that started the speculation.



That’s almost unheard of….can you imagine a government-funded National Public Broadcaster backpedaling on a story that has the potential to embarrass the Government that funds it?

Unthinkable!

And to think that said Public Broadcaster is entirely independent of Government….oh, hang on:

According to The Hill Times, a clause in Bill C-60, an omnibus budget implementation bill introduced by the government of Stephen Harper in 2013, "appears to contradict a longstanding arm's-length relationship between the independent CBC and any government in power."[14][15] The clause allows the "prime minister's cabinet to approve salaries, working conditions and collective bargaining positions for the CBC."[14]

These are such interesting times in which we live aren’t they…..hard to know who to believe really.

Thank goodness our democratic Governments wouldn’t lie to us about anything that might end up embarrassing them.

Incidentally....the "Administrative matter" referred to the RCMP in May of 2019 by the Public Health Agency of Canada with respect to these two Chinese scientists has yet to be resolved....must be one hell of an "Adminstrative matter".

The RCMP received a referral from the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) on May 24.

"Based on information received to date, the RCMP has assessed that there is no threat to public safety at this time," Robert Cyrenne said in an email to CBC News on Thursday.

PHAC is describing it as a policy breach and "administrative matter" and says the department is taking steps to "resolve it expeditiously," Eric Morrissette, the health agency's chief of media relations, said from Ottawa.